If you head down to the basement of Chicago Comics, past the endless rows of back issues and vintage titles waiting to be priced, you’ll find 15 white boxes. They contain a pretty standard collection of 60s and 70s comics—Thor, Conan the Barbarian, X-Men, MAD magazine. But these comics have a special allure. They belonged […]
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Call for submissions: The return of the Reader’s Comics Issue
Curated by Eric Kirsammer, owner of Chicago Comics and Quimby’s, the deadline for submissions is February 6.
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Culture Vultures: 80s music nostalgia and novels, graphic and otherwise
In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they’re watching, reading, and seeing
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The Reader’s 2011 Pride Guide
The Chicago Pride Parade, which first marched out of Washington Square Park in 1970, now attracts hundreds of thousands of people—revelers and spectators, queer folks, allies, and more than a few politicians—along its Lakeview route. The parade kicks off Sunday at noon, but the weekend, the culmination of Pride Month, also offers pre- and postparade […]
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Audrey Niffenegger Making the Rounds With the Night Bookmobile
Audrey Niffenegger presents her new graphic novel, The Night Bookmobile
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Alex Ross & Chip Kidd
Even if you’re not a comic book fan, you could easily be impressed and entertained by Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross. If you are a fan, it’ll blow you away. Written and designed by the equally celebrated Chip Kidd, Mythology is part Ross bio and homage, part history of cartoon illustration, and […]